§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the amount of revenue raised from taxation of benefits paid to the unemployed in 1984.
§ Mr. Lawson[pursuant to the reply, 21 February 1985 c. 571]: The yield, in a full year at 1984–85 levels, from taxing benefits paid to the unemployed is estimated at about £625 million.